Translanguaging and literature: Enhancing language proficiency in the BFI classroom

Abstract

The French Education system has a long history of integrating foreign curricula within its own curriculum through specific programs such as the International French Baccalaureate (BFI) (Formerly known as the OIB – International Option of the Baccalaureate). This article aims at presenting some practical ways of introducing translanguaging activities in the classroom to help students’ linguistic skills to bloom. This article seeks to bridge the gap between theory and practice by presenting real class situations where students are encouraged to use translanguaging to build and strengthen their linguistic skills in. a plurilingual context of shared quadrilingual education.